Phoenix, Arizona

JUNE 5 - 10

Register
  • This trip is ideal for all ages, especially if you are interested in learning how to best serve our community. 
  • Non-US-citizens will need to have their valid passport and visas to show at checkpoints 
  • Team will lodge in a safe and secure hotel close to our serving areas. 
  • Language: English 
  • Logistics: Travel in church van
  • Maximum group size: 15 participants 
  • Cost: 450 approx. (All expenses included: Transportation, hotel, baseball game, all meals)
  • Flexible payments options: a deposit of $50 will be due by Sunday, March 30th along with registration. Make instalment payments as able. However, 50% of the trip cost ($225) is due by May 25th and the full payment ($450) by May 25th.  
  • We have sample letters for your personal fundraising. We will have several prayer, planning, and training meetings and a fundraiser luncheon activity where you can participate. So please be on the alert.

Overview

Phoenix is a great community in the heart of Arizona—approximately 430 miles of El Paso with a strong local economy, home to one of the largest municipal parks in North America, with over 20 colleges and 10 baseball stadiums, and the epicenter of the computer chip industry. Like many communities, it also faces some challenges. As the state capital and largest city in Arizona, it struggles with problems like housing affordability, the condition of transportation infrastructure, homelessness. Likewise, mental health and substance abuse are major problems in healthcare. Besides, as the Phoenix Rescue Mission recently published, “There are over half a million people facing hunger across the Valley. They include school children, working parents, seniors on fixed incomes and other struggling individuals. Their hardships are fundamentally tied to poverty, and poverty is rampant in Arizona.”

Partners

For this year’s GO, SEE, SERVE & LEARN mission trip, we are partnering with Neighborhood Ministries, a ministry that for over 40 years has been seeking to bring authentic change and renewal in the Phoenix urban community. Serving alongside them, will help enhance our efforts to implement principles and values in Christian Community Development. We look forward to gleaning best practices that we can implement here at Grace Place, Church Under the Bridge, etc., and improve what we currently do

What will you be doing?

  • We will GO and SEE what Neighborhood Ministries does in their Spiritual Development programs such as: 
    • The Neighborhood Family Services, where they help provide families with basic needs like food and clothing, and care for member's emotional and spiritual needs. 
    • Neighbors at Work programs, where they assist at-risk youth and young adults in obtaining and maintaining employment and helping them reach self-sufficiency through life skills development. 
    • The Neighborhood Ministries Church - where they practice the presence of Jesus Christ, sharing his life-transforming hope, love, and power among distressed families. 
    • Nueva Esperanza, a ministry where they meet the basic needs of food and clothing, safety, education, and housing, for families through a Day Center. 

  • We will SERVE in various activities such as: 
    • Helping with ministry to children (games, Bible lessons, etc) 
    • Serving families at their Day Center, food pantry, clothes closet, etc.
    • We will worship at Neighborhood Church on Sunday morning. 

  • So, we hope to LEARN best practices in how to: 
    • Offer comprehensive education assistance like mentoring, tutoring, to help youth grow, develop, and succeed. 
    • Serve families in our community by providing basics like food & clothing, 
    • Assist at-risk young adults in obtaining and maintaining employment, helping them reach self-sufficiency through employment training and life skills development, 
    • Provide opportunities and programs for people of all ages in our community to encounter Jesus and to grow in their faith journey 
    • There will be a Q&A time with the CEO, staff, and workers 

  • We will attend an MLB on Monday the 9th Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Seattle Mariners

Questions?

For further information or questions, please contact Edgardo Martinez at emartinez@fbcep.com